Good morning.  The world wakes up to the reality that Donald Trump will be the Next U.S. President.  Improbable and to most, shocking.  Overnight, futures were down the better part of 1,000 points at worst.  The markets do no not [...]

Clients and friends of our firm, As the remaining Dog Days of Summer simmer by, market volume has slumped and the market is… dare I say it?… stable.  Other than the short-lived Brexit-induced volatility spike in June, the lack of [...]

Blackwell Boyd continues to grow in support of our clients.  Our wealth management services are now available with TD Ameritrade.  Note that clients with a TD Ameritrade 401(k) or other self-directed retirement plan may now use Blackwell Boyd as the [...]

SUMMARY:  2016 IS OFF TO AN UGLY START.  FORTUNATELY, WE ARE POSITIONED FOR UGLY WITH ABUNDANT CASH.  WE SEE OPPORTUNITIES. Clients and Friends of our Firm: Gloom, Uncertainty, and Despair Just 18 days into 2016 and the Dow Jones Industrial [...]

IT’S HURRICANE SEASON Blackwell Boyd is headquartered in the Hilton Head Island area.  Living on an Atlantic Coast island, we locals know that late summer is the time to start watching the Weather Channel, checking for those little radar blips [...]

t’s time to Sell… an Update In our last general update (published in mid-February) we opened with this line, “It’s time to sell… not indiscriminately, and certainly not in a panic, but it is time to selectively reduce risk by [...]

Clients and Friends of our Firm: Time to Sell It’s time to sell… not indiscriminately, and certainly not in a panic, but it is time to selectively reduce risk by taking profits in securities for which we cannot make a [...]

Take Advantage of this Tax Deferred Savings Plan As our clients finalize benefits enrollment and changes for 2015, consideration should be given to a Health Savings Account (HSA) and its potential triple tax-free benefits.  HSAs were initially designed to help people [...]

Clients and Friends: Todd and I are pleased to announce Nichol MacDonald recently joined our firm.  Nichol is running our North Carolina location, taking over aspects of portfolio management, and adding to the quality of our client interactions.  We’re quite [...]